The graceful movements of Manipuri dance left the audience at Kala Ghoda Art Festival spellbound The distant state of Manipur is perhaps best known to Indians for its extremely graceful, delicate and ...

NOWHERE in India do people practice the arts of dance, drama, music, and their combined form, opera, so widely as in the princely state of Manipur. Perhaps, too, no other area of India has been quite ...

KOCHI: Two dances that bear the freshness of the hills and the sweetness of rivers that flow through the northeast, with movements as misty and mystical as people in the land of the seven sisters ...

Award-winning dancer Sanjib Bhattacharya is presenting a Manipuri dance recital in a show titled Samarpan. He will perform two dance forms including devotional and recreational movements of the ...

India is famous for its rich cultural heritage and classical dance forms are one of its most treasured artistic traditions.

As the full moon of Agrahayan rises, the Manipuri community in greater Sylhet prepares to celebrate its most cherished festival -- Maharas Leela, or Ras Utsab. What began centuries ago as a spiritual ...

According to Manipur dance history, the gracefully choreographed dance form of Raas Leela typically associated with Manipuri performance art was first introduced decades ago, sometime in 1779 by ...

Manipuri dance exponent Darshana Jhaveri has been selected for the prestigious Nishagandhi Puraskaram instituted by the Department of Tourism in recognition of her outstanding contributions to Indian ...

Manipur Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla on Sunday, December 14 inaugurated a two-day National Seminar dedicated to legendary theatre maestro Ratan Thiyam at the auditorium of the Jawaharlal Nehru Manipur ...

Members of the Manipuri community in Kamalganj upazila of Moulvibazar are passing busy days with preparations for the Maha Rasleela. Sounds of drums, ceremonial bells, songs and dance rhythms have ...